Karen's Craft Odyssey

I’ve been making things out of the twill fabric I took off my floor loom a few weeks ago.
[thumb:499:l][thumb:497:l]First up, some pencil cases. These are lined in a green satiny lining fabric. One is for Alan and the other is for Betsy. There’s still tons of fabric left. I’ll make some [...]

Don’t know what happened, but the blog died over the weekend. I’ve upgraded to the latest WordPress, but I still have to implement the photo album integration.
Betsy and I had a great time at Warwick this weekend (even if I was coming down with a cold). I spent yesterday resting — and probably [...]

I tried to email in a post last night. Not sure what happened.
[thumb:488:l]I’ve been weaving, mainly. Here’s a photo of my sewing helper. Ash made sure I finished both vests for Fibre Fest.
[newline] [thumb:494:r][thumb:491:r]Monday I measured out a warp for sample waffle weave, and yesterday I put it on the loom. [...]

OK. So my desk is Still a mess. And don’t ask about the rest of the house….
But, the purpose of my leave isn’t to keep the house spotless. I don’t
think that’s possible around here anyway.
So today’s main accomplishment was threading up the table loom. I’m
weaving a sample for some waffle weave hand towels. I’m not [...]

Yes, I’m shouting. I’m on 13 weeks long service leave since Monday — I don’t have to go back to work until 1 June!!!!!
So, you may ask, why did I wait until Thursday to update the blog? Well, I’m kind of busy. See, last Sunday I cut the warp off of my [...]